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Gift Ideas for Kids in the Hospital
Staying in a hospital can be scary, even for an adult. When you know a child who is in the hospital, visit as often as you can and bring gifts to brighten the child’s day. Choose gifts he can use while he’s in the hospital to help make the time go by a bit faster.
Study: Music Can Reduce Child’s Stress and Pain During Doctor Visits
Any parent who has held their screaming child down to get a shot or during a check-up knows how nerve-wracking a visit to the doctor can be. It’s agonizing to watch your baby feel pain – even when it’s for their own good. But what if there was a simple way to ease that pain? Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have found that listening to music effectively reduces the amount of pain children perceive when they’re in the emergency room.
Creating a Beautiful Space for Your Hospital Birth
Having a home birth can be a beautiful experience; natural lighting beaming through the windows, candles burning, music playing, while you are surrounded by loved ones and all your personal stuff. Nothing beats being in an atmosphere that makes you feel safe and cozy while giving birth to your baby.
What If My New Baby Has Down Syndrome? – A Road Map To The Early Doctors Visits
Honey, Do you have the diaper bag? she frantically asks as she fills bottles with formula. Yeah babe. We are ready…lets go so we arent late! he replies in a haste. What about the binky??? Dont forget his binky!!!! she implores. Ive got it all…just get him in the car seat and lets go!!! he hollers from the driveway as he starts the car.
A Visit to the ER
I have a little beef Id like to take up with all of the pediatricians offices and hospitals out there. No, its not about the wait times, its not about the toys that seem to crawl with germs, its not about why you would put the fun mural and clown mirror on the sick side of the waiting room leaving my healthy child there for a developmental check up to run over there and hang out. Pure craziness.